"You will be well taken care of here."
"Having a great experience here . Great and friendly office ! Def recommend Tae. He helped clear my sinuses today."
"Every time I am aching in pain I go to five phases do a couple of treatments and I feel good as new."
"Exceptionally positive results for my severe allergies and asthma, with a great improvement for overall health. Tae is highly skilled, careful and professional. Just as importantly he listens carefully to each patient to assist each person individually. Many, many thanks Tae!"
"I have always revieved excellenct care and amazing results with each treatment! Tae always goes above and beyond for his patients. His compassion for others along with his passion for his work delivers exceptional results."
"Absolutely the best. Cannot recommend him enough. Immense knowledge and very personable. Highly recommended!"
"Always treated wonderful, and feel 100% better every time I am there. I am truly amazed at the success I'm experiencing at this time! After having a life time of experiencing back and neck pain, I'm finally feeling relief! I am forever grateful, thank you Tae. Namaste."
"Tae is a serious professional, he is very well educated and very easy to talk to. He is willing to help you out any way possible and handles himself in a very humble demeanor. Pleaser to be one of his clients"
"After experiencing shoulder pains, I was recommended to Five Phases Acupuncture. Tae provided the acupuncture treatments and even showed me helpful stretches and exercises to prevent pain and discomfort! The staff is very friendly and welcoming and I would certainly recommend to ALL my friends!!"
"Tae is an amazing Acupuncturist. He has helped many members of my family with allergies, back pain and many other ailments. He is very professional and very, very knowledgeable. I highly recommend him."
"I like the fact that Tae tries new treatments and options to find what helps you best. Also the combination of the acu along with pt and chiro really works for me.
Why should you go to three professionals, when you can go to Tae?"
"Since my early 20s I have suffered chronic acne and redness on my face. I began to suffer from other problems as well, my sinuses and equilibrium being some of the things affected. Everything I ate would make me break out in hundreds of pustules, even healthy foods. Some foods causing me ear infections and vertigo. I went to many doctors including dermatologists, rheumatologists, an Allergist and an ENT."
"Tae is a personable and knowledgeable acupuncturist with great bedside manner. He has been treating my neck and shoulders due to a car accident and each treatment brings progress. I would highly recommend him to anyone who needs his help. Great work!"
"I go to pt here and Tae also helped me a few times opened up my sinuses . Def helped and saw a difference within a few minutes . This office is very friendly and great staff . Def recommend."
"Everyone at five phases acupuncture is stellar! Tae treated my moms Bell's palsy, and it went 95 percent back to normal within a matter of 7 to 10 treatments! I myself have been treated on numerous occasions, and have always found relief from whatever my ailment seemed to be at the time. Be it exhaustion, pain, allergies, difficulty memorizing things for school, he has treated it all for me with great success. I would highly recommend Tae to anyone looking to experience acupuncture for the first time, looking for someone to continue their treatments from another practitioner, or to find the solution to very difficult cases. And, if he cannot treat it, he will find you someone that can. Thanks, Tae, for all of your hard work!"
"I started going to Tae because of high levels of inflammation in by body due to an infection. I have always been against taking medication if I could avoid it. However, the inflammation was unbearable, causing body aches, daily headaches, brain fog, etc. This lasted a few months before I went to Tae. Within the first week of going to him, I stopped experiencing brain fog and haven't ever since. After that, Tae and I decided to work on my allergies. I used to walk outside around spring time and my eyes would immediately start burning. It had been so bad at times that I would need to pull over while driving they burnt so much. I never thought that acupuncture could help with my allergies. I knew that acupuncture could probably help with muscles aches and things like that. However, I never thought it could essentially cure me of my allergies. Within a few sessions, I completed stop experiencing them. I barely even notice its spring time because I feel nothing anymore.
Not only is Tae great at what he does, he's also a great person to talk to about living a healthier and more holistic lifestyle, and he's pretty funny too. I highly recommend his services."
"I began attending acupuncture for neck pain years back. When Tae found out in conversation that I suffered from bad seasonal allergies that had become year round he suggested we try his allergy protocol. Now my allergies weren't managed well with over the counter meds (I still struggled with itchy watery eyes, sneezing, and a runny nose that would inevitably become post nasal drip - and this was with medication). The protocol consisted of 10 sessions with needles in a variety of places including stomach, hands, and feet. The hands and feet were a little sensitive but didn't hurt! After the first three sessions I was already able to stop my seasonal medications. By the tenth session I felt great. I didn't have seasonal allergies for years! This most recent spring/summer I began noticing I was sneezing a little again, so I asked Tae if he would recommend a "tune-up". A single session later and I am back on track. Tae is an incredibly smart and talented practitioner, and I can't speak highly enough of him or my experience. And by the way, neck pain is gone too."
"I went to Tae after being diagnosed with Bell's Palsy a few weeks ago. Tae was kind, patient, and understanding and made me feel positive and hopeful as soon as I walked in the door. Tae immediately started me on a regime of acupuncture and electrodes 2-3x a week and within 3 treatments I saw a huge difference!! Within 17 days of diagnosis and 5 sessions my face was 90-95% back to normal and I was able to smile again. I would 100% recommend anyone to try his techniques. He was a godsend to me, I feel very lucky to have decided on this course of treatment. I 100% don't believe I would have recovered this quickly without him."
"I came to see Tae at Five Phases about a month ago for acupuncture. I had a lot of pain on the back of my neck and left shoulder from whiplash and pinched nerves. I thought I was never going to be the same again but he proved me wrong. He's magic! A month later after visiting him once a week for acupuncture and I hardly feel the pain on my neck or shoulder. I highly recommend Tae and his services. I couldn't be happier."
"I went to 5 Pillars for a painful chest cold today. (I'm a bit leery of all the over prescribing of antibiotics these days) The acupuncture stopped my chest pain within the first few minutes. After the entire acupuncture treatment, cupping, guided stretching for more breath-room, I felt so much better. I could breath again! Tae was professional, organized, confident, careful, and sent me home with breathing exercises, and motivation to continue with a few weekly treatments. I was seen on time. Nice clean facility. Convenient location and parking. And he called me "Young Lady" too boot. I'll be back!"
"I go every week for occupational therapy on my thumb with Nick. He's great and has helped me tremendously regaining the motion and feeling in my thumb. I have been able to completely restore full motion to my thumb after becoming infected with Necrotising fasciitis.
While I was receiving treatment for my thumb, I asked one of the physicals therapists Tae about my knee. I've been an athlete all my life. Early on we discovered that I had problems with my knees. After many visits to many doctors, it was determined that I had missed placed kneecaps. In high school I excelled at cross country and track and field. We tried orthotics which were extremely painful and I had settled for a brace and weekly physical therapy with exercises, heat, ice and even e-stim....Nothing seemed to work. When I went to college my physical therapist decided I should try orthotics again. The schools trainer asked if I was on scholarship. When I replied no. He said "Good, I didn't want to think we received damage goods. "
I've been living with the pain since then. Fearing the inevitable surgery when the pain got unbearable. Week after week I watched Tae and his patients. One five minute session with him and for the first time in 17 years I was walking without pain! Don't believe me, come down yourself! If your here on a Tuesday afternoon I'll see you there!"
"Tae saved me from having my gallbladder removed, eliminated my excruciating back spasms, corrected my posture, helped me sleep better, and overall enabled me to have a better quality of life.
I have been a patient for 3 years and found Five Phases by accident. I came to them because of a Groupon for laser lipo; however, after the birth of my son - I was having excruciating back spasms that would happen to me randomly and caused me more pain then child birth. I was once even alone on the streets of Barcelona Spain on a business trip where the spasms were so intense that I was vomiting on the way back to my hotel. Living in such fear day after day for when the next spasm might come caused so much anxiety.
Long story short I was being seen at North Shore and saw a variety of back, spine and Gastro specialists. I had MRIs and CTs. I went to physical therapy and all modern medicine gave me was muscle relaxers and reccomended to have my gall bladder removed with no guarantee it would relieve my pain.
Tae realized that it was my posture post child birth and because of my weight gain, my alignment was off. After seeing him regularly and incorporating yoga I AM PAIN free and have my gallbladder. He also used Chinese herbs that caused me to melt and expel my stones in the toilet. Amazing!
In summary, some people hold a degree and are good at what they do but Tae has a God Given Talent that combines physical therapy, ancient eastern medicine, accupincture, and modern approaches to provide you with your best chance at recovery. His website may not be flashy but his mind is brilliant. He has some tools that are more advanced then some hospitals. He has studied in Thailand as well as holds several degrees from well known American Universities.
I am writing this as a greatful patient and will be seeing him again next Saturday. Hope this post helped you."
"My review for Tae is long overdue. During each spring my son has really bad seasonal allergies. I really do not like to medicate him with all the drugs and to make it worst, Benadryl and Claritin doesn't do much for him. I was looking for a more natural way to deal with the torturous symptom. I took my son to Five Phases for treatment last year and continued this year for a booster. Tae is very patient with kids. My son doesn't like needles but Tae was able to make him feel at ease. He likes Tae. During each treatment, my son always falls into a deep sleep. You can tell that the treatment is working and my son doesn't mind getting acupuncture as long as he feels better. Tae is very knowledgeable and professional about his craft. You can tell he genuinely care about his patient and does everything above and beyond to get you feeling better. I've been to many acupuncturists in Chinatown and Flushing and Tae is by far the best bet with kids. He would even suggest food diet to help with my son's mild ADAD. The office is newly renovated and very clean. He is reasonably priced for all his treatments from sport injuries to acupuncture. I highly recommend Five Phases Acupuncture and referred all my friends to this place."
"TAE IS THE ULTIMATE HEALER. I call him a wizard. I'm so happy to have found him through a friend of mine. I've been to multiple acupuncturists and no one has helped me heal more than Tae. Instead of focusing on one problem area, Tae chooses more of a holistic approach to get to the root causes of your issues and addresses the underlying factors. I really appreciate that he evaluates me with a total mind, body, and spirit approach each time I see him. I can't recommend him enough. He's extremely professional and you can tell that he is committed, passionate, and really cares about helping his patients while making a difference in their healing journey. Since seeing Tae my anxiety has decreased tremendously, I'm sleeping better, and I feel less inflamed. Each time I leave I feel refreshed, relaxed, and rejuvenated. I have recommended Tae to at least three friends of mine, who are now regular patients too because that's just how amazing he is. Go see Tae, he will change your life!"
"I began attending acupuncture for neck pain years back. When Tae found out in conversation that I suffered from bad seasonal allergies that had become year round he suggested we try his allergy protocol. Now my allergies weren’t managed well with over the counter meds (I still struggled with itchy watery eyes, sneezing, and a runny nose that would inevitably become post nasal drip - and this was with medication). The protocol consisted of 10 sessions with needles in a variety of places including stomach, hands, and feet. The hands and feet were a little sensitive but didn’t hurt! After the first three sessions I was already able to stop my seasonal medications. By the tenth session I felt great. I didn’t have seasonal allergies for years! This most recent spring/summer I began noticing I was sneezing a little again, so I asked Tae if he would recommend a “tune-up”. A single session later and I am back on track. Tae is an incredibly smart and talented practitioner, and I can’t speak highly enough of him or my experience. And by the way, neck pain is gone too :)"
"Wonderful office and nothing but the best care from Tae and his staff. I always leave feeling relaxed, healed, and cared for. My tennis and golfer's elbow (same arm) was a problem for a while, and my orthopedist was unable to help me after the normal course of cortisone and exercise therapies. Tae evaluated me, and was honest about what a nasty injury it was and promised relief - but that it would take some time to work on. After a few months of visits, my pain went from an 8/9 to a much more bearable 3/4. Now I am at a 1!
After fixing up my elbow, we turned to my tension headaches. After years of chiropractic visits to put a "bandaid" on the weekly headache, Tae dealt with the underlying cause and (knock on wood) my headaches have gone from 1-2 per week to maybe 1 every two months. A life saver!
Can't say enough about Tae, Maria, Tom and Alex. They are true professionals and caring folks. My wife and I would be a mess without them! Make an appointment - you won't regret it!"
"I have had the pleasure of working alongside Tae for several years. He has a deep understand of the human body and how healing involves much more than the recovery of physical body but also by restoring the natural flow of energy throughout. If you find that you are suffering from a condition that has not been handled in a satisfactory manner by the medical system, look into Five Phases. You will NOT be disappointed"
"I've been to numerous (5-8) acupuncturists over the past 8 years, many schooled in china. None of them compare to the effectiveness and professionalism of Dr. Kim. He took a total body approach to my issues; in addition to treatment he gave me exercises to complete at home and put me on dietary and other restrictions. Within a month I noticed considerable changes within 2-3 months I was out of the woods and simply conducting maintenance. I highly recommend this business."
"Great healing environment. Tae is very knowledgeable and has helped myself as well as my son. I highly recommend this office for your health concerns."
"I have tried many places, but Tae is the only person that helped me and I got results from. I will recommend this!"
"I couldn't be happier with the multitude of services I have recieved over the years. There is no way to reccomend this place highly enough!"
"Most relaxing"
"Dr Tae saved my life"